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To All The Heroes Of The Coronavirus Crisis: We Owe You Everything

Kris Di Mar 27, 2020

There is some positivity in all the madness that is going on in the world right now. Surely, no matter how much it may be, it cannot possibly make up for the victims of the silent killer that is the coronavirus. However, we need not…

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Iowa students are earning PE credit by helping the elderly and people with disabilities

Katya Hubanova Sep 4, 2019

Iowa students participated in a unique way to help out their community- they got people's yards ready for the summer and earned PE credit while they were at it. High school students from the Alternative Learning Center in Dubuque, Iowa…

Relationships

8 Unromantic But Real Signs Your Relationship Is On The Right Track

Dondi Leigh Nov 14, 2017

Relationships are the best teachers. No matter what happens, you learn a lot about yourself, the other person and ideally, the rest of the important people in your life during a romantic relationship. Possibly the coolest parts of a…

Consciousness

6 Ways Heartache Pain and Loss Can Make You Better

Pj Stone Jun 23, 2016

Not long ago my Mom passed. Unexpectedly, 2 short weeks later, my younger brother joined her. Bereft, I was suddenly adrift, my moorings gone. How to belong in a world with mother and brother sized holes? Sleepless, I walked, and…

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The Vitality of Recess: How Giving Kids A Break Improves Everything

Dondi Leigh Feb 25, 2016

When a pilot program to increase recess time for kids started up in Eagle Mountain Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas, first-grade teacher Donna McBride “was very nervous about it”. She worried especially about how she as going to get…

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20 Timeless Teachings from Marcus Aurelius

Justin Gammill Sep 7, 2015

For me, studying philosophy is like reading an instruction manual for life that was written by some of the greatest minds to ever grace the human race. It was Epictetus who once said, "Philosophy does not promise to secure anything…

Consciousness

Can We Raise Aware Children In a Flawed Educational System

Justin Gammill Apr 8, 2015

A wide chasm is developing between Teaching and Educating. Teaching is defined as "ideas or principles taught by an authority". Educating is defined as "giving intellectual, moral, and social instruction to (someone, especially a child)."…